September 18, 2025

Discover branching scenarios: your courses, now more interactive than ever!

Sara De la Torre

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Sara De la Torre
Content Marketing Manager at isEazy

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In corporate training, it’s not enough to simply deliver knowledge: when the goal is to change behaviors, learners need to make decisions and see their consequences. That’s why isEazy Author now includes branching scenarios—a new interactive feature that turns training into immersive experiences, where every choice makes a difference.

What are Branching Scenarios?

Branching scenarios are interactive activities that present learners with different paths within the content, depending on the decisions they make. This way, the story unfolds in unexpected ways, and learners gain a deeper understanding of the impact of their actions by experiencing different outcomes.

How does the new Branching Scenarios feature work in isEazy Author?

This innovative interactive tool lets you build a web of choices and consequences within your e-learning course. Each narrative is composed of interconnected scenes. In each scene, you can include introductory text and enhance it with multimedia resources like images, videos, or audio clips. You have the flexibility to add these manually or generate them automatically with isEazy Author’s AI tools that you already know and love.

At the end of each scene, you can present multiple response or action options. Depending on the choices your students make, they will proceed to a new scene, which may lead to even more branching paths. This allows you to craft a unique journey for every participant.

Decisions create a branching tree with as many decision points as you desire. The best part? Each path can lead to diverse outcomes or conclusions based on each student’s selections.

 

How to maximize the benefits of this new interactive feature?

Branching Scenarios are incredibly versatile and can be tailored to various learning goals:

  • Occupational Safety Training: Prepare for safe decision-making in hazardous scenarios.
  • Soft Skills Training: Enhance communication, negotiation, or leadership skills through simulated experiences.
  • Interactive Onboarding: Transform new employee integration into a practical and exciting experience.

 

And really, any training that requires students to actively engage with the content — the possibilities are endless.

Picture a training scenario where a manager must resolve a conflict between two team members. The student is presented with the initial situation, progresses through different scenes interacting with those involved, and reaches a decision point:

  • Speak to each employee individually.
  • Hold a joint meeting.
  • Stay uninvolved.

 

Each choice leads down a different path, potentially escalating the conflict or resolving it satisfactorily. Students can retrace their steps and explore other routes, experiencing the consequences of their decisions while moving from passive observers to active participants.

DIY or let AI do the heavy lifting

Creating Branching Scenarios for your courses with isEazy Author is quick and easy. You can choose to build it manually from scratch or let artificial intelligence generate it for you from your course content.

  • Manual design – Step by Step

With isEazy Author’s user-friendly interface, creating your tree takes just minutes. Add scenes with text, images, videos, and more, and define the response options to guide students along new branches.

  • Automatic generation with AI

If you’re looking to save even more time, let AI handle the creation. Simply select “Generate with AI,” and you’re good to go.

In summary, you can choose whether to maintain full control over the creative process or use AI as a co-pilot to speed up the design. Either way, you’ll have a clear, tree-shaped navigation map at your disposal, allowing you to view all possible routes at a glance and reorganize them with ease.

Designed to make your training more engaging than ever

With this new interactive feature, you will enjoy:

  • A captivating narrative experience that hooks your students from the start.
  • Visual and intuitive creation with a navigation map that makes editing simple, no matter how intricate your story is.
  • Videos, avatars, audio, or images that bolster the storyline, generated in seconds with AI.
  • As many decision points as needed for as complex journeys as you desire.
  • Flexible navigation that allows students to explore different routes without having to restart.
  • A fully accessible interactive feature, compatible with assistive technologies and designed to provide the same learning experience for everyone.

Ready to transform your courses?

With the new Branching Scenarios interactive feature, boost your professionals’ motivation and participation, facilitate practical learning that applies to their daily lives, turn theory into immersive experiences, and design more dynamic and appealing training all within the tool. Try it now and start crafting interactive stories with decisions and multiple outcomes.

Frequently asked questions about Branching Scenarios

What are Branching Scenarios?

Branching Scenarios are a learning technique based on decision-making within an interactive environment. Learners must choose between different options, leading to various consequences and multiple learning paths.

What are the benefits of Branching Scenarios in e-learning?

This method enhances knowledge retention, allows for safe practice, promotes real-time decision-making, and increases learner engagement by making them active participants in their learning process.

In what types of training can Branching Scenarios be applied?

They can be used in various contexts, such as sales training, business decision-making, conflict resolution, compliance training, and soft skills development, among others.

How do you create effective Branching Scenarios?

To design a successful Branching Scenario, it’s important to define clear objectives, create realistic situations, offer multiple paths with meaningful consequences, and provide feedback to help learners understand and improve their decision-making.

Is it difficult to implement Branching Scenarios in an e-learning course?

Not necessarily. Tools like isEazy Author make it easy to create this type of content with interactive templates and branching options, allowing instructional designers to develop engaging learning experiences without advanced technical skills.

Can the results and impact of Branching Scenarios be measured?

Yes. Advanced LMS platforms like isEazy LMS track user decisions, analyze progress, and provide insights into learner performance. This helps optimize training programs and improve real-world decision-making skills.

How are branching scenarios different from other e-learning activities?

Unlike quizzes or assessments, which are linear and always follow the same path, branching scenarios change depending on each choice learners make. Instead of simply checking right or wrong answers, they show the consequences of decisions in real time. While quizzes test knowledge, branching scenarios help learners apply it to real-life situations, practicing problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Why use branching scenarios in corporate training?

They boost engagement by turning learners into active participants, improve knowledge retention through learning from mistakes, and provide a safe space to practice without real-world risks. Because every path is different, training adapts to each learner’s needs, offering realistic and meaningful experiences that drive better results.

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